Modern Slavery

Zusatztext "A dazzling work of scholarship and protest! a clarion call that will! like the abolitionist literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries! awaken people to the dehumanizing effects of global capitalism. Bales! Trodd! and Williamson are leading the way in the effort to end modern slavery." Informationen zum Autor Kevin Bales is president of Free the Slaves and advisor to the UN and the US and British governments. He is the author of the award-winning Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy, and Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves. Zoe Trodd is a history specialist at Harvard University. Alex Kent Williamson is a pathology specialist at Harvard University. Klappentext Written by the world's leading experts and campaigners, Modern Slavery: A Beginner's Guide blends original research with shocking first-hand accounts from slaves themselves around the world to reveal the truth behind one of the worst humanitarian crises facing us today. Only a handful of slaves are reached and freed each year, but the authors offer hope for the future with a global blueprint that proposes to end slavery in our lifetime All royalties will go to Free the Slaves. Zusammenfassung There are 27 million slaves alive today - more than at any point in history

Product details

• Authors: Kevin Bales, Kevin Trodd Bales, Bales Kevin, Zoe Trodd, Trodd Zoe, Alex Kent Williamson, Williamson Alex Kent
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.04.2011
• EAN: 9781851688159
• ISBN: 978-1-85168-815-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 202 mm x 27 mm
• Series: Beginner's Guide; Beginner's Guides; Beginner's Guide; Beginner's Guides; Beginner's Guide
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Social issues & processes, Social and ethical issues, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Human rights, civil rights, Slavery and abolition of slavery